However, just starting
to read this book, my view is starting to change. Reading this book is helping
pull ‘ethics’ off my shelf of irrelevancies, dust it off and give it some blood
& guts. The kind of blood & guts that might actually make ethics
helpful in my day-to-day life. The kind that of blood & guts that will
point me to Jesus and make me love him more.

Here’s an example of
what I mean:

Reading Part 2
(‘Unawareness’) made me aware that I’m not an ethical island – standing simply
on biblical truths (or even sinful lies) in my decision-making. Rather there
are lots of subtle, but strong undercurrents tugging me around…desires, the tug
to belong, etc.

The trouble is how do I
slow my life down and gain the kind of self-awareness that will help me see
these currents and see if they are flowing to Christ

So this is my prayer…that
our love may abound more and more with knowledge and all discernment, so that
we may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ,
to the glory & praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-10)

NEXT WEEK: The Hunt for the Virtuous Woman.
We’ll be following the author’s advice and picking out connected chapters to
read, namely chapters 5 & 31.

About our contributor: Annabel loves living
in Surry Hills with her new husband Simon & being equipped to teach Christ
as she and Simon study at Moore College Newtown. Otherwise she gets frustrated
by how easily she loses things and loves trying new recipes and the occasional
crafty exploit.